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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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40
Rank: 21 (Overall)
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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21
Rank: 18 (Overall)
28
Rank: 20 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Hangul
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Jeju
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000.00
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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77.00 million
Rank: 22 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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1.14 %
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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77.00 million
Rank: 12 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
coréen
lao
5.3.5 German Name
Koreanisch
Laotisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
1283 CE
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 11 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ko
lo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kor
lao
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kor
lao
7.3 ISO 639 3
Kor
lao
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
kore1280
laoo1244
7.6 Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating

Korean and Lao Alphabets

Korean and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Korean and Lao. In Korean Alphabets there are 40 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Korean and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Korean and Lao languages. The Korean phonology consist Korean vowels and Korean consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Korean greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Korean and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Korean and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Korean and Lao Speaking population

Korean and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Lao on Korean vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Lao Language Codes

Korean and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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